Marion, IA Hazardous Weather Outlook

Marion, Iowa

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 352 PM CDT THU MAR 18 2010
Expiration: 415 AM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN IOWA ON FRIDAY AND THEN INTO
ILLINOIS FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF HEAVIER RAIN
OR SNOW BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE LIGHT. DUE
TO THE RECENT MILD WEATHER THE WARM GROUND WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE
SNOW TO MELT. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER SATURDAY NIGHT MAINLY OVER FAR
SOUTHEAST IOWA... WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE AT THIS
TIME ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD OCCUR MOSTLY
ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.